Posters

The Beatles on Abbey Road. Images of Senses Fail and Switchfoot. A closet door decorated with peace quotes. Photos, flowers, New Orleans Saints memorabilia. These are the things surrounding me tonight as I sleep in the room of my friend’s daughter Maria, a...

The Party’s Over

It’s meager in here tonight. The energy of the past few days – cleaning, cooking, planning – is gone. The people who filled the house earlier have left. The candles have been blown out. The food put away; the dishes washed. Dad has gone to bed, and I...

The Party's Over

It’s meager in here tonight. The energy of the past few days – cleaning, cooking, planning – is gone. The people who filled the house earlier have left. The candles have been blown out. The food put away; the dishes washed. Dad has gone to bed, and I...

Looking Past Christmas

It’s not that I want Christmas to be over or that I’m not looking forward to it – my brother is coming, we’ll have some sort of meal, there are presents – but to be honest, I think all of us have downplayed Christmas, perhaps...